Remotely Erase Data

Remotely Erase Data: Deletion with SecureDrives

Remotely erase data: This hard drive will self-destruct in the amount of time it takes to send a text message.

In a world where privacy and security are at the forefront of people’s minds, that’s pretty much what everyone wants to hear. It’s no longer just a thing of spy movies. Thanks to SecureDrives, a tech company based in London, any business or individual can have an external hard drive with a kill switch. They look like a normal portable drive, but all it takes is one text to make the device unusable and unrecoverable.

At a mere two and a half inches, the drive is tiny and easy to transport. You get 128 GB of solid state drive that you can connect via USB. If you prefer an internal hard drive with a self-destruct, it has a SATA II connection as well. It’s the perfect hard drive when you have to store sensitive data.

While a text is by far the coolest way to crash the drive, it’s not the only option you get. You can program the device to self-destruct in a number of ways: if the battery level gets too low (not sure how I feel about that one); if pin code entries are mistyped repeatedly; when the drive is removed from the PC (just don’t forget you have that setting on if you have to move the drive); or if it loses the GSM signal for longer than the amount of time that you set.

So, what does it do? Erase the data, but leave it available for recovery programs? Of course not! It actually destroys the NAND chip as well as the security controller. According to the company, there’s no way to recover the deleted data after this happens.

Super spy tech isn’t cheap, and the ability to remotely erase data goes for over a thousand pounds (which works out to about ,650 USD). You get the first year of GSM for free. It’s /year after that.